A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (New York Times)
The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next C.E.O.
John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook,...
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A profile of Apple SVP of Hardware Engineering John Ternus; sources: Ternus is seen as the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload
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FIFA says parts of 2026 World Cup soccer games will be broadcast live on TikTok and some creators will get access to press conferences and training sessions (Jessica Hopkins/The Athletic)
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World Cup match footage to be broadcast live on TikTok, FIFA says
The short form video social media platform has previously collaborated with the 2023 Women's World Cup and the Club World Cup.
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FIFA says that parts of 2026 World Cup matches will be broadcast live on TikTok and select creators will get access to press conferences and training sessions
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Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises $619M in its Hong Kong IPO, at the top of the range; sources: its institutional offering was oversubscribed by 70x+ (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)
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Baillie Gifford, GIC Are Said to Buy Shares in MiniMax’s $619 Million Hong Kong IPO
Investment firm Baillie Gifford and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte are among those buying shares in MiniMax Group Inc.’s much-awaite...
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Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises ~$619M in its Hong Kong IPO, at the top of its marketed range; sources: its institutional offering was oversubscribed by 70x+
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CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
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CrowdStrike buys identity security startup SGNL for $740 million in latest deal push
Last year's big cybersecurity deals include Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk takeover.
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CrowdStrike acquires identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform
By Samantha Subin / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling in-chat purchases via PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, and others; Shopify merchants are automatically enrolled (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
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Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout and Brand Agents
These new agentic experiences were showcased at the NRF 2026 conference.
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Microsoft debuts Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling in-chat purchases via PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, and more; Shopify merchants will be automatically enrolled
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Pomelo Care, which delivers 24/7 virtual care for women by using data to flag pregnancy risks and more, raised $92M led by Stripes at a $1.7B valuation (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
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Pomelo Care’s Valuation Soars To $1.7 Billion As It Plans Expansion Beyond Maternal Care
Former Flatiron Health exec Marta Bralic Kerns raised $92 million to expand her virtual care model to women at all stages of their lives.
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NYC-based Pomelo Care, which offers 24/7 virtual care for women by using data to flag pregnancy risks and more, raised $92M led by Stripes at a $1.7B valuation
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Illicit crypto addresses received a record $154B in 2025, up 162% YoY, driven by sanctions evasion; Russia's A7A5 token transacted $93.3B+ in less than one year (Chainalysis) https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2026-crypto-crime-report-introduction/
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Illicit crypto addresses received a record $154B in 2025, up 162% YoY, driven by sanctions evasion; Russia
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Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access high-quality, proprietary training data at scale, raised $30M from a16z, extending its $25M Series A (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
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Protege raises $30M to grow governed marketplace for AI training data - SiliconANGLE
Protege raises $30M to grow governed marketplace for AI training data - SiliconANGLE
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Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access high-quality, proprietary training data at scale, raised $30M from a16z, extending its $25M Series A
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The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal docs and data relating to Grok until the end of 2026, after criticizing Grok's nonconsensual image generation (Louise Breusch Rasmussen/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-commission-has-ordered-x-retain-all-grok-documents-until-end-2026-2026-01-08/
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The European Commission orders X to retain all internal docs and data relating to Grok until the end of 2026, after criticizing Grok
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Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested Replies free to all Gmail users; the features required a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Gmail making Help Me Write, AI summaries, & Suggested Replies free for all
Besides previewing the future of Gmail, Google is making a number of AI features that previously required a subscription free...
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Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested Replies free to all Gmail users, after previously requiring a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription
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